2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Seriously? [View all]PJMcK
(21,916 posts)Thanks for posting the link, niyad. It's quite an interesting read. I'm particularly struck by these points:
5. But what about the media blackout?
(snip)
Theres a reason Sanders did so well. Whether the nightly news would cover him or not was utterly irrelevant. If we know anything, its that if a network newscast covers a Democrat, its not good. Are you really jealous at all the Benghazi and emails shit Clinton has had to face? Lucky for all of us, people arent getting their news from those sources anymore.
7. The system was rigged because of closed primaries!
(snip)
That said, there have been 23 open contests, and Clinton has won 13 of them. Thats a majority. So even this stupid talking point is stupid. And you know what makes it even more stupid? Take away caucuses, so that were just talking about open primaries, then Clinton has won open primaries 13-6.
9. If the system is rigged, why does Sanders have more delegates than his vote share?
Sanders has won 43 percent of the popular vote, yet hes won 46 percent of the delegates. How rigged!